Gasolene-stove shield attachment.



J. BERGWIAN.

GASOLENE STOVE SHIELD ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 21. I917.

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Patented July 23, 1918.

JOHN IBERGMAN, 0F DES MUINES, IOWA.

GASOLENE-STOVE SHIELD ATTACHMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

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Application filed September 21, 1917. Serial No. 192,620.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that l, JOHN BERGMAN, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Des Moines, Polk county, Iowa, have invented a new and useful Gasolenc-Stove Shield Attachment, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide an improved shield attachment adapted to isolate and protect the gasolene supply tank of a gasolene stove relative to the burners and flame. v

A further object of this invention is to increase the safety to users and premises in which a gasolene stove is used, by protecting and shielding the supply tank, which may besubject to leakage, relative to open flames on the burners.

A further object of this invention is to" provide improved means for mounting a shield attachment on a stove.

A further object of this invention is to provide improved means for adjusting the height of the shield attachment and adapting lit for use with stoves having supply pipes of different lengths whereby the supply tanks are located at various altitudes.

A further object 01 this invention to provide means for steadying and equilibrating the attachment and the feed pipe relative to one another.

Myinvention consists in the construction,

arrangement and combination of elements heremattcn set forth, polntcd out in my a claims and illustrated by the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is aside elevationshowing a gasolene stove with my improved shield attachment in position for practical use. Fig. 2 is an end elevationof the same, dotted lines indicating an adjusted position of the attachment. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail horizontal section illustrating the means employed for maintaining the adjustment of the two members of the attachment. Fig. A

section being plane substantially throughout its height and the upper section being plane in its lower portion. The sections "1.0 11 are formed with marginal flanges 12, 13 at right angles to their bodies, the flanges 12 of the lower section being recurved and embracing, and forming vertical slide bearings for the flanges 13 of the upper section as shown in Fig. 3. One of the flanges 13 e1": theupper section is formed with a vertical slot 14 and a screw 15 passes loosely through a socket 16 carried on the outer face of the adjacent flange 12 and also loosely through said slot and is adapted to be seated at its threaded inner end in a nut 17 or threaded bearing carried by the inner :tace of said flange By this means the upper section 11 may be adjusted and secured vertically relative to the lower section 10. j

The lower section 10 is provided with means for attaching the device to the top of a gasolene stove, such as 18, such stoves commonly being formed with an outwardly and downwardly inclined n'larginal flange 19 around their tops. A flange 20 is formed on or a flanged member is fixed to and transversely of the lower margin of the lower sec tion 10, on the inner side thereof relative to the stove,and is adapted to rest on the plane upper surface Off the top, as across one end thereof, where the supply tank is located at the end of the stove as shown. Attaching clips 21 are laid against the outer face oil. the lower section 10 and are for-lined with verticalslots QQ adapted to receive bolts 2? pas-sting through the lower portion of said section and adapted to receive wing-nuts 9A on their ends, by which the clips may be vertically adjusted on assesses. lloolrs are integrally formed on the lower ends of the clips 21and are inclined'to correspond to the inclinationoif the flange 19 of the stove top, and are adapted to engage over and around the lower margins of said flange. lhe nuts 24; may be loosened to permit downward movement of the clips, after which the device is placed in position on the stove top, the clips are drawn upwardly so that the hooks 25 engage beneath the flange 19 of the stove top, and the nuts 2 1 are tightened, thereby clamping the margin of the top between the hoolrs 25 and the flange 2-0, so that the device is held in upright position on said top.

The upper portion of the upper section 11 is curvedor onset to form a bay 26 directed toward the stove 18, and said bay is adapted to accommodate a gasolene supply tank such as 27 carried byafeed pipe 28 above the stove and adapted to supply gasolene therethrough to the burners of the stove at times. A loop 29 or other suitable stay member is attaehedto the section 11, preferably adjacent the lower portion of the bay'26, and a tie 30, as of wire, is secured to said loop and adapted to be engagedwith the upper end portion of the feed pipe 28, whereby the feed pipe and-supply tank are secured relative to the. attachment, and both the tank and the attachment are steadied and equilibrated.

The shield serves to protect and isolate the supply tank relative to open flames on the burners of the stove, and in case any leakage occurs in the tank or feed 'pipe, the fumes or fluid therefrom .is prevented fromcoming in contact with the flames, thereby preventing explosions and increasing safetyto the user and the premlses.

I. claim as my invent1on 1. Ina gasolene stove havinga burner and a fuel-supply tank spaced from said burner and atgreater altitude than the top ofthe stove, a shield;attachmentcomprising a device adapted to be mounted inyertical position errand rise fromthe stove top between saidburner and supply-tank, whereby said tank is isolatedfrom saidburner.

2. In a gasolenestove having a burner and afuel-s'upply tank spaced from said burner and at a greater altitudethan thetop of the stove, an attachment comprising ashield formed of members vertically adjustable relative to each other and adapted to be mounted transversely of and; extend sub v stantially at right angles above the stove top between jthesupply tank and burner.

I 3. In a gasolene stove having a burner and a fuel-supply tank spaced from said burner and at a greater altitude thanthe top of the comprising a body portion formed in two sections, means for adjusting the upper section vertically on the lower section, and means for securing the lower section to a stove top.

5. In a gasolene-stove having a burner and fuel-supply tank, a shield attachment, comprising abody portion, and means for attaching said body portion to and transversely of the top of said stove adjacent the supply tank and between said tank and the burner, said body portion being formed with a generally plane lower portion and with a swell or bay in its upper portion to accommodate said tank.

6. A gasolene-stove shield attachment, comprising a body portion formed of two sections, each of said sections being formed with marginal flanges, the flanges of one section embracing and forming slide bearings for the flanges of the other section, means for securing one section relative to the other, and means for securing the lower sectionto a stove.

7 A gasolene-stove attachment, comprising a shield formed with a horizontal flange adapted to rest on a stove top, and clips vertically slidable and adjustable on said shield and formed, with downwardly projecting hooks adapted to engage beneath said stove top. 1

8. A gasolene-stove attachment, comprising a shield formed with a horizontal flange adapted torest on a stove top, bolts extending through said shield, and clips formed. with vertical slots through which said bolts project, said clips being formed with downwardly projecting hooked members adapted to engage beneath said stove top.

9. An attachment for a gasolene stove having an elevated supply tank supported by a feed pipe, comprising a shield, means for securing said shield in vertical position on and transversely of a stove top adjacent the supply tank of said stove, said shield being formed with a swell .or bay adapted to accommodate the supply tank, and means for securing the upper portion of said shield to the support for said supply tank.

JOHN BERGMAN.

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. Washington, D. C. 

